Daijiworld News Network - Mangalore (MB)
Mangalore, Jun 7: The Dakshina Kannada district police are certainly acquiring a high-tech image. After the current superintendent of police B Dayananda took over just less than a year ago, things have been changing for the better.
The current crop of new recruits for constables' post are mostly graduates. The SP's blog hosted on the Net a few months ago is recognized as the very first blog of a police department in the country, or at least that is what the police departments abroad have credited our SP with. If that is the case, hats off to our district police chief. The Internet-savvy, well-travelled SP makes it a point to regularly update the blog personally.
Earlier this week, Daijiworld received a message of appreciation from the Boston Police Department to be passed on to the SP, when they picked up the story on our website. Many more of such messages may be in the pipeline.
During 2005-2006, the district police have acquired some hi-tech gadgetry and equipments to streamline and control the traffic, which has been going out of hands, as the public sees it. Breakneck speed, utter disregard of traffic sense and equiquettes, drunkern driving and some road fixtures are the proud possessions our cops can boast of now. The inventory includes:
- 2 breathalyzers (to gauge the quantum of alcohol in the breath of driver stopped in the traffic - also called alcometer)
- Four handycams to capture the scene of offences
- Three digital still cameras
- 50 tubular traffic diversion cones
- 250 cylindrical air cones
- 30 reflective light emitting diode (LED) buttons
- 200 pairs of reflective handgloves for personnel on duty
Breathalyzers have been allotted to two traffic police stations. With the help of these, already 79 cases of drunken driving have been detected and cases have been filed against the offenders.
Handycams will be used to detect traffic violations and related offences. They will be useful in making traffic survey and volume study. Similarly of use will be the digital still cameras.
Besides the state government which has defrayed the cost of this equipment, Karnataka Bank has borne the cost of 100 reflective jackets and 20 reflective button and showed it public concern, recalls the DK police gratefully.
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